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    Our 2025 Festive Favourites

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Days are growing shorter, which means that the Festive Period is here! Time to start the countdown to Christmas, the time spent with your wonderful family and delicious food. We are here to show you some of the best of our Festive Favourites of 2025.

Wildshark Vineyard is a local winery, based in the North Downs of Kent, is the real star of the show; our chefs have perfectly complemented each Wildshark wine to a dish from the festive menu.

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Paired well with Bacchus Fume

King Scallops & Chorizo Kebab

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Paired well with Bacchus Fume

King Scallops & Chorizo Kebab

The Bacchus Fume has been perfectly oaked to create the perfect partner to spicy dishes and seafood, making it the ideal partner of the King Scallops & Chorizo Kebab starter. What a way to start your festive meal! Paired with spiced apple and celeriac slaw, this combination of flavours will truly blow you away.

Paired well with Pinot Noir

Persian Spiced Beetroot Salad

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Paired well with Pinot Noir

Persian Spiced Beetroot Salad

Served with lentils, figs, seeds, Ras al Hanout & Orange Dressing is the perfect light starter to your festive meal. The warm Persian spices will wake up your taste buds, ready for the rest of your delicious festive meal. This salad complements the berry and nutty flavours of the easy-drinking Pinot Noir.

Paired well with Chardonnay

Goat’s Cheese & Caramelised Pear Ravioli

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Paired well with Chardonnay

Goat’s Cheese & Caramelised Pear Ravioli

Make sure to try our stunning goat’s cheese and caramelised pear, accompanied by kale & walnut pesto, parmesan & radish salad. This is the perfect vegetarian meal, which will keep you warm and cosy. Our newly released Chardonnay is a firm favourite and partners well with this dish, the flavours of sherbet, yellow grapefruit and golden delicious apple that suit the earthy, nutty flavours that come from the Goat’s Cheese.

Paired well with Bacchus

Rye Bay Seabass fillet

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Paired well with Bacchus

Rye Bay Seabass fillet

If you haven’t tried the Rye Bay Seabass with Jerusalem artichoke risotto, tenderstem broccoli, cider & chorizo sauce, you are missing out. This delicate but filling meal elegantly complements the crisp flavours of green apple and gooseberry that the Bacchus brings. Making this dish the ultimate tummy filler this season!

Paired well with Pinot Noir

Traditional Christmas Pudding

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Paired well with Pinot Noir

Traditional Christmas Pudding

A staple for every Festive table, a Christmas Pudding cannot be missed, served with the classic of red currants and brandy sauce. The warm spices from this iconic dish pair beautifully with the Wildshark Pinot Noir, due to the spicy oak, dried raspberry and strawberry notes. The best way to end your Christmas meal.

Paired well with Ciel

The Golden Mess

Paired well with Ciel

The Golden Mess

A new addition to the festive menu, this lemon curd dessert is partnered with Winter Berries, Chantilly cream and gingerbread biscuits. This rich and delicious pudding will be the one to tipple you over the edge. The fruity dessert complements the fuller-bodied rose, with the red apple, strawberries and cream flavour. The Golden Mess dessert and Ciel Rosé combination is the definition of partners in crime.

Alpine Fondue evening

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Alpine Fondue evening

If you think a sit-down meal is too much for you, check out our brand-new Alpine Fondue evening! Exclusively at the Wildshark Vineyard in Harrietsham. Enjoy delicious fondue paired with the selection of Wildshark Wines, and plenty of items to dip. Get more information below.

Are you tempted? We are! We hope you are eager to try something new this Festive Season. Launching Friday 14th November, be sure to book your table here: Let us know what your favourites are! If you would like to try our delicious English wine from home, be sure to go to the Wildshark Vineyard and get it delivered to your door!

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